The battle of the 20 year olds (but Haase is a few months older).
6 breaks in a row in the second set. Korolev served for the match @ 5-3 and had matchpoint.
1 game later he had one again and finished it.

scarecrows

04-18-2008, 07:51 PM

finally Evgeny :yeah:

he'll get abused tomorrow by Almagro but this was a great result for him

~*BGT*~

04-18-2008, 07:53 PM

:woohoo: Tough win for him but an even tougher opponent tomorrow. :sad: Well, enjoy it while you can!! :banana:

Action Jackson

04-18-2008, 07:53 PM

finally Evgeny :yeah:

he'll get abused tomorrow by Almagro but this was a great result for him

Well this is if Almagro decides to play claycourt tennis and not try and out ballbash like he did with Blake at RG.

Congrats Zhenya, hope he can build from this week and Haase continues his solid season.

TankingTheSet

04-18-2008, 07:53 PM

Haase's service stats were horrible, he lost more service points than he won. Bit unusual for a player normally serves fairly well (and is difficult to break).

Renaud

04-18-2008, 07:55 PM

Well this is if Almagro decides to play claycourt tennis and not try and out ballbash like he did with Blake at RG.

Against Llodra last year it was funny too... :lol:

Merton

04-18-2008, 07:55 PM

Congrats Zhenya, an excellent tournament for him here :yeah:

Sunset of Age

04-18-2008, 07:56 PM

Too bad, Robin. Still, a great run at this tournament, keep it up. :yeah: :hug:

Congrats to Korolev! :hatoff:

Merton

04-18-2008, 07:57 PM

Well this is if Almagro decides to play claycourt tennis and not try and out ballbash like he did with Blake at RG.

Congrats Zhenya, hope he can build from this week and Haase continues his solid season.

For sure, Korolev would love it if Almagro feeds him pace or just tries to outhit him. Almagro is the big favourite anyway but Korolev has nothing to lose.

Deivid23

04-18-2008, 08:08 PM

Oleee Zhenya :yeah:

KaiserChief

04-18-2008, 08:09 PM

Robin ,wtf.
Probably tired of yesterday's match with mad Marat.
However, good result. Could have been 1/2 finals.

HeretiC

04-18-2008, 08:25 PM

I don't know what to say. Although it is a win in straights it wasn't that easy for Korolev. Most of the points were a lot of hard work for both of them.

gulzhan

04-18-2008, 08:58 PM

It could not be easy for Korolev, he is slowly gaining his confidence back...

Well done, Zhenya! :yeah:

Klaas_nalbandian

04-18-2008, 09:07 PM

The battle of the 20 year olds (but Haase is a few months older).
6 breaks in a row in the second set. Korolev served for the match @ 5-3 and had matchpoint.
1 game later he had one again and finished it.

Haase turned 21 at the start of this month, weird match with lots of breaks. although its clay Haase should win more games on serve....

decent tournament for Haase. 3 russians was to much

Next week: some rest I guess and then Barcelona

Nathaliia

04-18-2008, 09:40 PM

:woohoo:

No way he beats Almugro though.

~*BGT*~

04-18-2008, 10:23 PM

I don't know what to say. Although it is a win in straights it wasn't that easy for Korolev. Most of the points were a lot of hard work for both of them.